“Rytas” is another blow: Vilnius residents fell sensationally in Pasvalys / News

The Vilnius Rytas basketball players (6-3), who had the initiative in their hands, suffered another drop in LKL.

Students from Donalds Kairis, who organized the Tomas Lekūnas running show, in Pasvalys 79:82 (15:28, 23:17, 26:14, 15:23) fell against the local Milk Stars (4-4).

Lekūnas, who showed his brutal efforts, scored 29 points (3/5 dvit., 4/8 trit., 11/12 penalties) in 31 minutes, grabbed 9 balls, made 2 assists, caused 7 fouls and scored 36 points from utility.

Pasvalys’ team almost doubled (28:15) after the first half, but completely collapsed in the third quarter, when almost seven did not scratch a single point.

Taking advantage of this, the Vilnius people went up to 17: 0 and had a double-digit lead (55:45).

Then Tomas Lekūnas took the initiative, scoring 13 points in a row and again overtaking the locals (68:67). After good penalties from the striker, “Pienovaigždės” broke 77:71, but immediately missed four points and “Rytas” stuck to 75:77.

In the next attack, Andreja Milutinovičius scored a triple, and after a minute break, Martynas Echodas and Lukas Uleckas responded with four points, thus approaching the point – 79:80.

Brankas Mirkovičius, who was called for a foul, scored both fines and increased the Milk Stars’ lead to 82:79. Chris McCullough, who was free, lost from a distance and then had another opportunity to sound the siren, but the long shot missed the goal and the Milk Stars triumphed in the empty home arena – 82:79.

Pasvalys people were mostly seven players at this meeting. Laurynas Balkūnas, who got up from the bench, played for almost three minutes, and Redas Venclovas, for 44 seconds.

Danielis Amigo did not play by disqualification in the previous match, at that time Arvydas Šikšnius is recovering from injury.

Maurice Ndour, who made his debut, and Martynas Echodas, who was injured for a month, did not save “Ryto” either.

The latter started from the beginning of the game, scored 16 points in 21 minutes (7/11 double, 2/4 penalty), bounced 8 balls, made 4 errors and scored 16 utility points.

Ndouro’s count: 13 points (3/5 doubles, 1/1 trit., 4/6 penalty), 3 rebounds and 13 utility points.

Arnas Butkevičius, who injured his foot, did not help Rytas.

For the Vilnius team, this was the fourth loss in a row: the LKL club fell against Kaunas “Žalgiris”, Kėdainiai “Nevėžis-Optibet” and “Pienovaigždės” and at the beginning of the FIBA ​​Champions League the “Peristeri” of Athens.

“Milk stars”: Tomas Lekūnas 29 (ninth recap, 36 points of use), Karolis Giedraitis 15, Andreja Milutinovičius 12.

Rytas: Andrew Goudelock 18, Martynas Echodas 16, Maurice Ndour 13, Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 11.

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